Community Support

We are passionate believers that a strong arts scene is key to having a vibrant and flourishing community.  We also believe that as leaders in our communities, it is important to give back to your community.  We are proud to have been able to support the following organizations that all help to make our communities a better place.

Kamloops Art Gallery

The Kamloops Art Gallery is the principal Gallery for the visual arts in the Southern Interior of British Columbia. The Kamloops Art Gallery is committed to art as an essential part of the human experience and, therefore, exhibits, collects, documents, preserves, encourages, and interprets regional, national, and international art in all media. 

Kelowna Art Gallery

The Kelowna Art Gallery is located in downtown Kelowna, BC at 1315 Water Street. The new 15,000 square foot facility offers three gallery spaces - The Treadgold/ Bullock Gallery, The Reynolds Gallery and the Rotary Courtyard.
The Mission of the Kelowna Art Gallery is to facilitate the growing and diverse needs of the community through enhancing knowledge and enjoyment of the visual arts.

Kamloops Interior Summer School of Music

The Kamloops Interior Summer School of Music opened in 1978. We are a non-profit society, which operates solely on tuition fees, donations and small grants. KISSM is unique in that it provides a high caliber of musical instruction in a fun, relaxed, camp-like atmosphere, attracting students from all over western Canada. KISSM 2009 runs July 6 - 24, 2009.

Perhaps the greatest key to KISSM's success is its wide variety of programs; where a student may be involved in a number of different musical activities. From classical to jazz, acoustic to electronic, beginner to accomplished performer, age seven to seventy, it is available to everyone. There is an extensive list of course options to choose from, so that students can customize the experience most suited to their interests and needs.

Western Canada Theatre

For over 30 years now, Western Canada Theatre has been providing audiences in Kamloops with top notch theatre and since the 2001/2002 season we have been a proud supporter.  A quote that David Ross, the Artistic Producer, used for the introduction to the 2002-2003 season sums it all up:

"...Samantha reminded me of that great play The Search For Signs of Intelligent Life In The Universe by Jane Wagner, and Trudy telling us about taking the extra-terrestrials to the theatre:

'Did I tell you what happened at the play? We were at the back of the theatre, standing there in the dark, all of a sudden I feel one of 'em tug my sleeve, whispers, 'Trudy, look.' I said, 'Yeah, goose bumps. You definitely got goose bumps. You really like the play that much?' They said it wasn't the play gave 'em goosebumps, it was the audience. I forgot to tell 'em to watch the play; they'd been watching the audience! Yeah - to see a group of strangers sitting together in the dark, laughing and crying about the same things... that just knocked 'em out. They said, 'Trudy, the play was soup... the audience... art'

Kamloops Festival of the Performing Arts

Since 1930 the Kamloops Festival of the Performing Arts has been bringing the most exciting music festival to Kamloops. Each February and March hundreds of young performers are able to show their skills to adjudicators that help guide them on their way to mastering their art. Disciplines include Piano, Strings, Voice, Choral, Instrumental, Speech Arts, Dance and Guitar.

Project X Theatre Productions

Project X a Kamloops theatre company passionate about creating and producing innovative, audacious theatre works that explore non-traditional venues and forms of theatre. We are committed to expanding the creative development of emerging artists in our area, as well as bringing new educational, theatrical and artistic experiences to the widest audience possible.

X Fest 2009 runs July 23 to August 8, 2009 and features Shakespeare's Hamlet: Prince of Denmark and Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead.

Overlander Ski Club

Come and ski Stake Lake. 60km of groomed trails only 25 km from Kamloops, British Columbia. Established in 1981 the Overlander Ski Club offers events that the entire family can join in on. The large day lodge lets you get ready for your day on the trails and the shelters along the way are there to warm you up on those cold January days. Bring your friends, make new friends but do come and enjoy the beautiful terrain of the Southern Interior.